European Collections / 17th - 20th c.
I have determined that our monasteries should not be simply schools for religion and learning but should also serve as custodians of the fine arts and thus foster greater appreciation for culture.
Rt. Rev. Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B.
When the founder of Saint Vincent, Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B., arrived in Latrobe, Pennsylvania in 1846, he set out to establish a monastery and school that would be immersed in the arts. He envisioned the arts and culture as having the same status and support as science and religion, and immediately began to assemble artists, teach students, and collect art.
At the core of the Archabbey Collection remain nearly 300 European paintings from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries gifted on behalf of King Ludwig I of Bavaria to Saint Vincent in the mid-19th century. In subsequent decades, several hundred 18th and 19th century European drawings and prints featuring religious and mythological subjects were added to the collection.
In 2023, Saint Vincent received an important collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings gifted on behalf of longtime philanthropists Michael and Aimee Rusinko Kakos. Rarely seen by the public in decades, the collection features 88 works completed by 61 artists who worked alongside those whose names are synonymous with Impressionism and the modernist styles that immediately followed but have largely been omitted from art historical surveys.
At the core of the Archabbey Collection remain nearly 300 European paintings from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries gifted on behalf of King Ludwig I of Bavaria to Saint Vincent in the mid-19th century. In subsequent decades, several hundred 18th and 19th century European drawings and prints featuring religious and mythological subjects were added to the collection.
In 2023, Saint Vincent received an important collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings gifted on behalf of longtime philanthropists Michael and Aimee Rusinko Kakos. Rarely seen by the public in decades, the collection features 88 works completed by 61 artists who worked alongside those whose names are synonymous with Impressionism and the modernist styles that immediately followed but have largely been omitted from art historical surveys.
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Above Left: Wilhelm Lamprecht, The Right Reverend Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B., 1866, Oil on canvas, 39 x 29 in., Saint Vincent Archabbey Collection.
Above Right: Attributed to Langermaier, German, late 18th – early 19th century, Portrait of King Ludwig I of Bavaria in Coronation Regalia (after Joseph Karl Stieler), c. 1826, Oil on canvas, Gift of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, Saint Vincent Archabbey Collection
Above Right: Attributed to Langermaier, German, late 18th – early 19th century, Portrait of King Ludwig I of Bavaria in Coronation Regalia (after Joseph Karl Stieler), c. 1826, Oil on canvas, Gift of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, Saint Vincent Archabbey Collection
